Owner and lead web designer for VerulamIT and senior consultant for EAB.
St Albans, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Senior consultant at Enterprise AB
- Owner and Senior Web Developer at VerulamIT
- Past
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- Contract Project and Resource Manager at Intrinsica Networks Ltd
- Project Manager at Cerulean
- Project Manager/Team Leader at Accent Optical Technologies
- Software Consultant at Fujifilm
- Software Team Leader at KLA-Tencor
- Project Manager/Software Consultant at police scientific development branch
- Team member/leader at Queen Mary, University of London
- Education
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- University of Hertfordshire
- University of Sussex
- University of Sussex
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Nigel Minchin’s Summary
I have extensive experience in the IT industry. In particular I have worked as a technical consultant, software developer and project manager. In recent years I have brought my expience to website development, updating my technical skills in css/html and php with VerulamIT, and currently working with EAB in a more familiar technical consultant and project manager role.
Nigel Minchin’s Specialties:
Project Manager, technical consultant, website developer, software developer, resource manager, new business development.
Nigel Minchin’s Experience
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Senior consultant
Enterprise AB
(Internet industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
Senior consultant, project manager and responsible for new business. EAB is a well-established company with an excellent design and development team. We specialise in enterprise level websites using the eZ Publish platform.
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Owner and Senior Web Developer
VerulamIT
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
I currently own and run VerulamIT, a website design company that targets small to medium-sized local companies that require a web presence or are looking to update their website and increase functionality.
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Contract Project and Resource Manager
Intrinsica Networks Ltd
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)
I was the PM for a £0.5-1m p.a. software project, e-Marker®, a modular electronic marking system that supports examiners and the marking process to provide direct mark capture of examination papers. This included regular release management under CVS. My role also covers the coordination and management of recruitment for permanent and contract software roles within the company.
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Project Manager
Cerulean
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
June 2005 — November 2005 (6 months)
I was the PM for a major upgrade project on a range of automated chemical and material analysis tools.
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Project Manager/Team Leader
Accent Optical Technologies
(Semiconductors industry)
January 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 8 months)
Project Manager/Team Leader role overseeing the design, development and modification of C/C++ code for software applications to drive materials characterisation/recognition tools and to capture and analyse data.
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Software Consultant
Fujifilm
(Public Company; FUJIY; Consumer Goods industry)
May 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 8 months)
The design, implementation and modification of image colour edits for the ColourKit/Profilemaker imaging colour management applications for Mac OS environments.
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Software Team Leader
KLA-Tencor
(Public Company; KLAC; Semiconductors industry)
November 2000 — May 2001 (7 months)
I was responsible for the design of software architecture for implementation on a silicon wafer inspection tool for the semiconductor fabrication industry. I was also the team leader of the Image Processing Group researching existing and potential techniques for defect classification using bespoke optical recognition techniques.
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Project Manager/Software Consultant
police scientific development branch
(Research industry)
September 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 4 months)
Responsible for the full project lifecycle - liaising with DERA personnel to assess their requirements, produce report with suggested project plan and milestones, the management of a small team researching and implementing a prototype solution. On acceptance a full custom solution was produced to provide a ‘best first image’ for baggage screeners at UK airports. The acceptance criteria were fulfilled and the project closed.
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Team member/leader
Queen Mary, University of London
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
March 1991 — May 1999 (8 years 3 months)
I was a member of the Performance Verification and Science Team for the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS) - one of four instruments on the Infrared Space Observatory. I management and participated in various teams to assess and solve technical issues.
Nigel Minchin’s Education
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University of Hertfordshire
Ph.D. , Astronomy , 1987 — 1991
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University of Sussex
M.Sc , Astronomy , 1984 — 1985
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University of Sussex
B.Sc. , Physics and Astronomy , 1980 — 1983
Additional Information
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Nigel Minchin’s Interests:
Website design, rugby union, playing cricket and listening to a wide range of music - from country, through rock to opera.
Nigel Minchin’s Groups:
Old Albanians
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Nigel Minchin’s Honors:
Sporting Colours, University of London.
Nigel Minchin’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
- job inquiries
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